The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 4, 1915, Page 16

PAUK SIXTEEN Looking '"Em Up. Miss Belldon—We're having our an- eestry traced for us. Miss Hitter—Why, are you going to get some furniture on credit?—Wash ington Star. In His Line. Swiggle—1 met Shutter, the photog- rapher, this a. m., and he touched me for a five. This p. m. he touched me for five move. ‘ Waller—Retoucbed you, eh?—=Boston Globe. Another Good Example of Below is a picture of the Farm- ers’ Supply House, a co-opcrative store established at Oriska, North Dakota, in: May of this last year. While this store is on a purely stock dividend basis, yet it is a striking ex- ample of-the things that can be done through co-operation. The capital stock of the copany was originally $3,500, but has since been increased to $4,700, most of which is hetd by farmers in the im- mediate vicinity of Oriska. Of the thirty-two stockholders all but three are farmers. Oitese, Mr. L. M. Kuhry, the store’s manager, and to whom credit'in a large measure is due for its establishment is one, he having four shares of the stock. The other two have three shares each. BHowever ,each stockholder has but one veice in the affairs of the com- pany, regardiess of the number of shares he may be holding. This in a large measure acting as a brake to any move that might be made to change the policy of the'company. ‘Does General Business The- steze does a general country merchandising business, handling THAT LOOKS GOOD! RECKON I'LL GIT OUT OF DEBT THIS |, FALL! THE NONPARTISAN LEADER To Avoid Publicity. Young Author (who thinks himself famous)—I believe I should enjoy my trip better if X could go incognito. Friend—Good idea. Travel under your nom de plume. — Philadeiphia Press. . Satire. Citizen—\What do you want? -Money ? Outcast—Why, if yer got a plate of hot soup in yer pocket it'li do as well. —Boston Journal. Quiet, Anyway.” ~ As the Humorous Artists Look at Life 1t Evens Things. Mrs, Peck—And I tell you that if we women were at the front things would be different. ¢I hear -you bave & jJitney bus line. Are you-making & fextune?”. “No. 1 also ¢wz a shoe store, and Mr. Peck—Yes, my dear; they would | the Deople are riding to-save:leather.” be at home anyway.-—Pittsburg Press. | —FPittsburgh Press. : Good Work. “Do you do anything tfor your flesh 27 The €zuse of It. “What was the racket in your house last night?” ° “That absentiinded professor found a paragraph in tlie newspaper upside “I should say so. I keep getting fat- | gown and tried to vead it standing on ter and fatter"—Wisconsin State Jour- nal. everything in the way of groceries, clothing shelf and heavy hardware that goes to make a complete stock. In addition it handles a line of farm machinery, including binders, rakes, Farmers' Co-operative: Store at "Oriska. mowers, wagons, etc., and a full line of the smaller tools necessary to the farm. Its stock includes harness, buggies, gas engines, cream separators EV'RY TIME IT SPRINKLES THE PRICE GOES DOWN! THEY NEVER SAY NOTHIN' ‘BOUT HAIL AND RUST. and threshing rigs if you want them. Through a membership in 2 merchan- dising association in the East which makes a specialty of selling to co- operative enterprises, anything hand- led by a mail order house is at the disposal of its patrons. 3 During the first eight months of its career this store did a business of {. $19,000, earning 18 per cent on the investment. In August of this year the sales of the store amounted to a little over $10,000, with a saving to its custom- ers of from.10 per cent to-50. per cent on their purchases. Draws Fire of Competiters Naturally a store of this kind do- ing business so large attracted the attention 'of the merchants and job- bers associations. An invitation has reveral times been extended to its manager to join the merchants’ pro- ective association and his failure to do so is resulting in an attempt by the merchants of this and surround- ing towns to sap and remove its sup- ports by offering very attractive prices and bargains toits customers. Little is to be feared from this source 7 BUMPER CROPS- MEANS 'THE FARMER GETS BUMPED! NO DEMAND(2) — S'POSE THEY STOPPED EATIN’ OVER' IN EUROPE ! WELL I GES I CAN'T BREAK EVEN. ON MY CROP THIS FALL his head!"—Wiscunsin. State Journal. o-operation however, a3 the peonie around Oriska have the right spirit. Many-of the stockholders :in -the Farmers’ Supply House being members of the Farmers’ Equity ‘Elevator.Company, a co-opera- tive organizatien formed: last .June, ‘and which is doing business-.on" a stock and’ patronage dividend-basis. Co-operation Strong A picture f the -new:elevator:build- ing built by the ‘Farmers’ Equity Ei- evator ‘Company, appears in- thig-issuz and -some idea of the spirit of-co-op- eration thaf prevails:at thisplace-may be had when it is known that:at the time the comyyiny vas formed . they purchased 2 running planty-only- to lose ‘it by fire shortly after the grain buying season opened. After the fire they Found it. nec- essary - to sell more stock-and it was a grab-fest = the way the: farmers: went - after it. Not one dellar of that stock went into thesh ands of any but actual farmers, None of these so-called farmers, who ‘make farming a hobby, and get their mon- ey in some other line got a nickel’s worth. pe ; “HI'AM A Ru_afi‘m.?gm. 1 SUPPORT THESE DERN NQOSPAPERS ANO THEY HOLLER 'BOUT THE BIG CROP, 50 AS TER LOWER THE . PRICE EVERY FALL.